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David Gitin’s Ten Favorite Books

David Gitin

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

Awakening Osiris by Normandi Ellis

Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters

Flash of the Spirit by Robert Farris Thompson

The New American Poetry, 1945-1960, Donald Allen (ed.)

The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation by W.Y.Evans-Wentz

Dark Pools of Light by Richard Grossinger

Centering by M.C. Richards

The Masks of God by Joseph Campbell

Shamanism by Mircea Eliade

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David Gitin

David Gitin (December 19, 1941 – June 27, 2015) of Key Largo, Florida, lived in San Francisco in the late sixties, co-founded Poets Theater there, edited Bricoleur, and produced poetry programs for KPFA in Berkeley. His books include THIS ONCE and FIRE DANCE (Blue Wind Press), THE JOURNEY HOME and WOKE UP THIS MORNING: SELECTED POEMS 1962-2014 , among others.

Author: David Gitin Tags: David Gitin, top ten Category: On Literature, Your Top Ten Books January 16, 2014

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